1995.756: Economic Value Gauze Bandage

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1995.756

People

Joseph Beuys, German (Krefeld, Germany 1921 - 1986 Düsseldorf, Germany)

Title

Economic Value Gauze Bandage

Other Titles

Original Language Title: Wirtschaftswert Verbandmull

Classification

Sculpture

Work Type

sculpture

Date

c. 1977-1984

Culture

German

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/219173

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Gauze in paper box, inscribed in graphite, stamped

Dimensions

5.6 x 10.4 x 3.7 cm (2 3/16 x 4 1/8 x 1 7/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• Signed: in graphite at u.l.: Joseph Beuys
• inscription: u.l., graphite, handwritten, German, in artist's hand: 1 Wirtschaftswert
• stamp: l.c., blue ink, English: FREE INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY (circular stamp)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Busch-Reisinger Museum, The Willy and Charlotte Reber Collection

Copyright

© Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn

Accession Year

1995

Object Number

1995.756

Division

Modern and Contemporary Art

Contact

am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Descriptions

Description

This object is a Hartmann brand gauze bandage.

Publication History

• Victoria Bunting, "Fat, Sulphur, Chocolate, and Blood: Storage Preservation and a Condition Survey for a Large Collection of Works by Joseph Beuys" (thesis (certificate in conservation), Straus Center for Conservation and Technical Studies, 1996), Unpublished, passim

Exhibition History

• 32Q: 1100 60’s Experiment, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 04/18/2022 - 10/17/2022

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